New York City Mayor Eric Adams signs two pieces of affordable housing legislation, extending the city’s critical rent stabilization protections and strengthening data collection and reporting on a critical eviction prevention program.
Mayor de Blasio today announced that the City financed 25,299 affordable homes in Fiscal Year 2019, and a total of 135,437 affordable homes since 2014, significant strides toward the Mayor’s goal to create 300,000 affordable homes by 2026 through the Housing New York (HNY) plan.
De Blasio's administration gave updates to new Yorkers who ay preferential rents for their rent stabilized apartments who can benefit from the rent freeze program.
Mayor de Blasio announced today that his administration financed 34,160 affordable homes last year, setting a new high-water mark for affordable housing production in New York City.
Emergency Executive Order No. 224, dated October 7, 2022, as it relates to State of Emergency. A state of emergency is hereby declared to exist within the City of New York based on the arrival of thousands of individuals and families seeking asylum, to be extended for five (5) days.
The Mayor's Office of Special Enforcement is responsible for enforcing provisions of the Multiple Dwelling Law prohibiting the advertisement of certain unlawful occupancies.
The Mayor establishes the Mayor's Office to Protect Tenants. The Mayor's Office to Protect Tenants shall coordinate the work of the City to protect the right of tenants in NYC.
Executive Order No. 31 shall take effect immediately. Chapter 225 provides the Public Housing Preservation Trust be governed by Board of Trustees, Chief Housing Officer of the City of New York, performs the duties and powers commensurate to a Deputy Mayor in areas of public policy, and housing.
Executive Order No. 38 is being submitted as the Establishment of the Task Force, establishing an interagency Housing at Risk Task Force, dated December 6, 2023. This order shall take effect immediately.
City will invest additional $3.9 million to prevent and reduce domestic violence, including healthy relationship education in middle schools, a new comprehensive web-based portal and public awareness campaign, and new resources to help survivors stay in their homes.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul, New York City Mayor Eric Adams, and the Institute for Community Living (ICL) announces the completion of Nevins Street Apartments, creating accessible, supportive and affordable homes in Downtown Brooklyn.
El alcalde de la Ciudad de Nueva York, Eric Adams, el canciller del Departamento de Educación (DOE) de la Ciudad de Nueva York, David C. Banks y el comisionado de la Oficina de la Alcaldía para Asuntos Migratorios (MOIA), Manuel Castro anunciaron el “Proyecto Brazos Abiertos.”
New York City Mayor Eric Adams announces several significant achievements over the last fiscal year in the multiagency effort to get New Yorkers into safe, high-quality, affordable homes.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams announces the team who will lead his administration’s affordable housing strategy. Jessica Katz as the city’s chief housing officer. Adolfo Carrión Jr. as the commissioner of the Department of Housing Preservation and Development
New York City Mayor Eric Adams today celebrated the New York City Council Land Use Committee’s vote to approve the Bruckner Boulevard rezoning, an affordable housing project that will create 349 homes in the Bronx.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams celebrates the New York City Council’s passage yesterday of The Lirio through the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP), paving the way for 112 new affordable homes with a preference for long-term survivors of HIV/AIDS.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams celebrates the New York City Council’s passage yesterday of Halletts North, a major affordable housing project that will create 1,340 homes.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams, the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), and the New York City Housing Development Corporation (HDC) joins Breaking Ground to celebrate the opening of 90 Sands, providing affordable and supportive housing units in Dumbo, Brooklyn.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams and NYC Health + Hospitals President and CEO Dr. Mitchell Katz today announced ‘Housing for Health' to serve the health system’s large patient population experiencing homelessness through affordable housing.
New York City Mayor Eric Adam outlines a “Working People’s Agenda” in his second State of the City address, delivered at the Queens Theatre in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams releases the “NYC Speaks Action Plan" outlining policy goals for Housing and public safety, youth mental health, community spaces, jobs in high-growth sectors, and civic engagement.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams releases New York City’s balanced $102.7 billion Preliminary Budget for Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24), making investments in Affordable Housing, Street Cleanliness, and Public Safety
New York City Mayor Eric Adams announces a settlement that paves the way for the creation of 82 affordable homes for low-income and formerly homeless New Yorkers at 258 West 97th Street on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams announces a package of major new housing reforms that will help New Yorkers exit the shelter system and move more quickly into permanent affordable housing.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams unveils recommendations from a city-led task force to facilitate the conversion of underused office space into new housing for New Yorkers.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams unveils his administration’s vision for the next phase of the transformation of the Willets Point community in Queens with partnership with 2021 Major League Soccer (MLS) Cup champions.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams unveils “Get Stuff Built,” a comprehensive effort to address New York City’s affordable housing crisis and underlying housing shortage by rapidly accelerating the pace of housing production.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York Attorney General Letitia James shut down a Brooklyn-based slumlord and scored a victory for tenants’ rights after a group of tenants were subjected to unlawful evictions in July 2020.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Comptroller Brad Lander announces that the city will issue approximately $400 million of taxable general obligation social bonds in October 2022.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York Governor Kathy Hochul announces the completion of a $62 million affordable housing development in the Morrisania section of the Bronx.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York Governor Kathy Hochul announces that construction has begun on a $72.1 million affordable housing development in the Fordham Heights section of the Bronx.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams, New York Governor Kathy Hochul, and interim New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) CEO Lisa Bova-Hiatt announces that Phase I planning for critical capital work has begun to replace 335 elevators at 20 NYCHA developments.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Regional Administrator Alicka Ampry-Samuel, and interim New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) CEO Lisa Bova-Hiatt announces that 36,103 apartments, have been renovated under NYCHA’s PACT program.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams, the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation (NYC Parks), and the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) today announced a pilot program to re-imagine and invest in nearly three acres of NYCHA open space across Queens, the Bronx, and Brooklyn.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams and Adams administration officials is joined by labor unions, advocacy groups, and Bronx community partners in support of a proposed affordable housing project.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams releases a statement after the New York City Council Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises voted unanimously to approve the Innovation Queens and Innovative Urban Village affordable housing projects.
Mayor De Blasio today announced that the de Blasio administration has financed the preservation or new construction of 200,000 affordable homes, the most in one administration in New York City history.
New York City Mayor’s Office of the Chief Technology Officer John Paul Farmer announced today a major milestone in the City’s effort to bring new internet connectivity options to New York City Housing Authority residents and to create a shift in the local broadband market.
Mayor Bill de Blasio announced today that Maria Torres-Springer will step down as Commissioner of the Department of Housing Preservation and Development in early March to take on a new role as Vice President of U.S. Programs for the Ford Foundation.
Today, Mayor Bill de Blasio appointed Jackie Bray as Director of The Mayor’s Office to Protect Tenants. The Mayor’s Office to Protect Tenants will spearhead the City’s anti-harassment initiatives, enhance interagency enforcement and closely engage with tenants and advocates.
Mayor Bill de Blasio today appointed Omar Khan as Director of the Mayor’s Public Engagement Unit (PEU) and Senior Advisor. In his role as Director of PEU, Khan will lead PEU’s efforts to proactively engage New Yorkers in need of a broad range of City services, from healthcare to housing.